In an undisclosed location, trapped and concealed from the wonders of civilization, three men of Irish, American and English descent find themselves perturbed and perplexed as they attempt to find answers and keep sane over their current state of existence. Read more...
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Third-year theater student Ian McQuown rehearses for a production of Frank McGuiness’ “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me,” about three men held hostage.
UCLA alumnus Henry Lim still plays with Legos. Read more...
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COURTESY OF HENRY LIM
Henry Lim’s life-size Lego sculpture of Queen Amidala.
Looking at ordinary objects as artworks may not come naturally. Read more...
Friday evening, the Levantine Cultural Center seemed to be the only source of life on West Pico Boulevard. Read more...
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“Hitbodedut” is a multimedia work by UCLA alumnus Khalid Hussein. This piece is on display at the Levantine Cultural Center as part of the “Hybrids” exhibition.
Courtesy of KHALID HUSSEIN
Just as the chaos of World War II was about to break out in Europe, two friends and colleagues sat down to have a conversation in Copenhagen, Denmark, about the future of nuclear research. Michael Frayn's award-winning dramatization of the night's events, "Copenhagen," is being presented tonight by the UCLA theater department. Read more...
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Third-year theater student Jake Rude and fourth-year theater student Heather Kellogg star as Niels Bohr and his wife Margarethe in “Copenhagen.” The play is a dramatization of events right before World War II began.
Many people have probably wondered what they would be like if, say, they hadn't gone to UCLA, made their particular set of friends or picked their chosen major. Italian artist Roberto Cuoghi certainly isn't new to these musings. Read more...
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Roberto Cuoghi’s portrait “Untitled, 2010″ is featured at the Hammer Museum. (credit: Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milano)
Something about the colorful, pixilated print is familiar, and yet, it's not immediately clear why. Then the faint outline of Paul Cezanne's face emerges from the yellow, red and green patterns. The piece, "Cezanne," is a digitally altered version of Cezanne's famous self-portrait and hangs along similarly remastered works of some of the most well-known names in Western art. The artwork is part of "His Masters' Tools," an exhibition currently on display through May 29 at the Fowler Museum. Read more...
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“Cezanne” by alumnus Allan deSouza is now displayed at Fowler Museum. (courtesy of Talwar Gallery, NY)
